Fortified Hill

Fortified Hill is a memorial in Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York. Fortified Hill is situated nearby to the historic building The Printery, as well as near House at 33 West Main Street.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Seely/Wright House and Raynham Hall Museum.

Seely/Wright House

Historic building

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The Seely/Wright House is a historic house on West Main Street in Oyster Bay, New York. The house was built in 1830 by Dr. Ebeneezer Seely who married Phebe Townsend in 1808.

Raynham Hall is in Oyster Bay, New York. Home of the Townsend family, one of the founding families of Oyster Bay, on Long Island, New York, and a member of George Washington's Culper Ring of spies, the house was renamed Raynham Hall after the Townsend seat in Norfolk, England, in 1850 by a grandson of the original owner. Raynham Hall Museum is situated 490 feet northeast of Fortified Hill.

Octagon Hotel

Historic building

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The Octagon Hotel, built as the Nassau House by Luther Jackson in 1851, was a pre-eminent political and social meeting space in Oyster Bay, New York. This eight-sided building is also believed to be among only a few like it on Long Island and perhaps the only octagon-shaped hotel in the United States. Octagon Hotel is situated 370 feet northwest of Fortified Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oyster Bay Cove and Cove Neck.

Oyster Bay Cove

Village

Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Oyster Bay Cove is a village located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of the Greater Oyster Bay area, which is anchored by Oyster Bay.

Cove Neck

Hamlet

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Cove Neck is a village located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York. As of the 2020 census, Cove Neck had a population of 293. Cove Neck is situated 1½ miles northeast of Fortified Hill.

Mill Neck

Village

Mill Neck is a village in the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 1,054 at the time of the 2020 census. Mill Neck is situated 1½ miles northwest of Fortified Hill.

Fortified Hill

Type: Memorial
Category: historic site
Location: Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.87126° or 40° 52′ 17″ north

Longitude

-73.53252° or 73° 31′ 57″ west

Inception

1932

Operator

New York State Education Department

Open location code

87G8VFC8+GX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9898155642

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include House at 33 West Main Street and The Printery.

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